Spb Mobile Shell 2.0 brings a lot of cool new features to Windows Mobile Professional devices. It's a Today Screen enhancer and a lot more including weather with no subscription fee, visual speed dial, gesture navigation and an application launcher. Think of it as the HTC Touch FLO UI on steroids.

Here's the press release:

St. Petersburg, Russia - March 04th, 2008 - Spb Software House, the world's leading Windows Mobile software vendor, upgrades its outstanding Spb Mobile Shell software to version 2.0. Spb Mobile Shell is an application that completely overhauls the innate Windows Mobile user interface, making it more direct, logical, and slick.

The software first hit the market in 2007 and quickly gained recognition among end-users and mobile device manufacturers. By the end of 2007, Spb Mobile Shell became the best-selling Pocket PC application in the world, was named the best interface/menu improver by Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine, the Best Evolution Application by Handango, and the Best Program for PDA's by the Shareware Industry Awards. Spb Mobile Shell turns the Windows Mobile device into a better phone: gives access to crucial information at a glance, enables one-hand navigation, minimizes the number of taps to launching programs, changing settings, making calls. The new Spb Mobile Shell offers a great choice of haptic animation, it is more futuristic and practical in design, yet it is lower in memory consumption.

"The application is deeply integrated and fits well with the operating system," - comments Yaroslav Goncharov, the Product Manager of Spb Mobile Shell. "The software has become the accepted Windows Mobile interface for many: people buy devices with Spb Mobile Shell preinstalled and use it, believing the software to be an inherent part of the Microsoft platform."

*** Top Spb Mobile Shell 2.0 Features ***

* NEW All functionality in one tabbed window * NEW Full screen dialogs for Weather and Time * NEW Animated transitions * NEW Navigation with gestures * NEW Quick panel selection with taskbar gestures * Now Screen: the most important information in one screen * Spb Menu: phone style menu * Weather forecasts * Photo speed dial * World time * Launcher * Color based themes * Spb Contacts: smart contact search

*** Pricing and Availability ***

Spb Mobile Shell is compatible with Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC or higher. A free, 15-day trial can be downloaded, or Mobile Shell can be purchased for 29.95 USD from www.spbsoftwarehouse.com. Users of any 1.x versions of Spb Mobile Shell are welcome to upgrade to Spb Mobile Shell 2.0 for just 14.95 USD. According to Spb Software House upgrades policy, all Spb Mobile Shell users who have purchased the product within the last 90 days, are invited to exchange the previous version of software for the newly released one, for free.

*** Further Information and Downloads ***

Further information regarding Spb Mobile Shell can be found at Spb website: